Fox News host Sean Hannity welcomed former lawmaker Anthony Weiner onto his show during the Monday broadcast of “Hannity.”
Weiner is returning to the public eye after serving a prison sentence for sending sexually explicit photos of himself to a minor. Hannity asked Weiner if he’s changed and become a different person since serving his time for his crime.
“I guess the first question that I have is you pled guilty, Anthony, to the sending obscene materials to a young girl, a 15-year-old girl,” Hannity said. “You pled guilty. You served jail time. Have you changed? Are you a different person?”
“Well, I think so,” Weiner said. “I don’t think anyone can go through that kind of experience, and I think this is probably true of people who have been through other types of adversity. I don’t think you go through that type of experience and don’t emerge changed.”
Hannity would cut Weiner off following the response to his question. “Wait a minute, that is an obscure answer, ‘I think so,’” Hannity said. “Either you know when your heart if you changed, or you know when your heart that you didn’t change.”
“Can you assure people, because you are going to now try and draw in an audience, and they’re going to want to know if you’ve changed or not? Have you changed?”
Weiner then went on to answer Hannity’s follow-up question. The former lawmaker made it known that he’s not looking to persuade anyone that he’s changed since being released from prison three years ago.
“I am not out to persuade you or anyone else that I have changed. I mean, I am doing a radio show, and people can call in and then ask me questions. We did one this past Saturday where people had an opportunity to call in,” Weiner said.
“I’m not trying to make someone like me, or someone be persuaded of any particular outlook on me. We are going to be having some conversations about things going on in New York City and other places, and hopefully, people will tune in to the show, but I’m not terribly interested in trying to make them feel any differently about me.”
Weiner is co-hosting a weekend show on WABC with former New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa.